@Ron_Carboni: "Whenever I open an illo CS3 file in an iMac OS10 I get fill white and stroke 1 pt.
I want it to be fill none and stroke .5 pt. in the startup. How can I do that? Thanks."
    @lgrover: "HD>Users>(Yourname)>Library>Application Support>Adobe>AICS3>New Document Profiles
Make your changes and save."
    @rdonahue: "How do I get the swatches in the swatch pallette to always view by Small List View rather than Small Thumbnail View?"
    @Scott_Weichert: "      How do I get the swatches in the swatch pallette to always view by Small
      List View rather than Small Thumbnail View?
Upgrade to CS4."
    @Robert_Cabuto: "Ryan,
To change list view, QUIT ILLUSTRATOR, the locate the following file:
* user*/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings/Workspaces/AIWSPrefs* (*or custom workspace name)
Open file with TextEdit
Look for the following section
/AdobeSwatch_\ ShowFindField 0
		/AdobeSwatch_\ CurrentListStyle 15
		/AdobeSwatch_\ GroupsListStyle 15
		/AdobeSwatch_\ PatternListStyle 15
		/AdobeSwatch_\ GradientListStyle 15
		/AdobeSwatch_\ ColorListStyle 18
		/AdobeSwatch_\ ShowAllListStyle 18
		/AdobeSwatch_\ VisibleKind 1
		/AdobeSwatch_\ Visible 1
		/AdobeSwatch_\ SizeUncnstr {
Change the last numbers from 15 to 18 after ColorListStyle and ShowAllListStyle
change the last numbers from 0 to 1 after VisibleKind and Visible
Save file.
That works for me although I'm not sure if I changed too many values."
    @Ron_Carboni: "in Illustrator CS on the Mac the default startup is fill white and stroke black at 1 pt.
I want to change it to fill none and stroke black at .5 pt.
How can I do this. Thanks"
    @lgrover: "If indeed you are talking about CS (AI 11) then go to Applications>Adobe Illustrator>Presets>Startup-CMYK or RGB. Make an object with the desired characteristics and Option-drag the object to the default swatch (the left most one in the Swatches Palette). Save and restart AI. Open a new document and check the default. It should be as you want."
    @stephen_fairbairn: "As far as I know Illustrator always starts up with a white fill and a 1pt black stroke. Fiddling with startup files won't help."
    @James_Talmage: "      As far as I know....Fiddling with startup files won't help.
When you don't know, please don't spread error. Making this modification to the Startup files is very common.
I'm sure Larry meant to say to modify the Default Graphic Style in the Startup file(s), not the "default swatch". (There is no "default" Swatch.)
JET"
    @lgrover: "Thanks, James. Turns out he was using CS3 and needed to modify the New Document Profile>Basic CMYK file."
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